European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday March 2, 1986 Nordques hand res 6-2 loss close on Montreal from press dispatches Buffalo . Goalie Richard Sevigny kicked aside 35 shots on goal and Peter Stastny scored once and added two assists As the Quebec Nordques trounced the Buffalo sabres 6-2 Friday. Alain Cote Stastny Paul Gillis Daniel Poudrier Jeff Brown and Dale Hunter Tal lied for Quebec which snapped its five game National hockey league losing Streak and moved to within two Points of Adams division leading Montreal. Jody Gage scored his first goal of the year for the sabres who lost for the first time in their seven games against Quebec this season. Quebec scored the first period s Only goal adding four More in the Middle period to take command of the game. After Gillis flipped the puck Over sprawl ing Buffalo goaltender Jacques Cloutier to put Quebec on the Board Cote and Pou drier scored to make it 3-0 in the second period before Gage scored. While the Nordques were shorthanded Cote made it 2-0. Poudrier s first nil goal on a 25-foot slap shot gave Quebec a three goal advantage. Gage recalled from Buffalo s american hockey league farm team in Rochester feb. 22, deflected a shot by Paul Cyr past Sevigny to bring the sabres to within two goals Midway through the period. But less than 30 seconds later Stastny got that goal Back when he batted a Loose puck past Cloutier from behind the net. The goal credited to Brown his first of the season was accidentally swiped into the Buffalo goal by Bac checking Sabre Center Doug Smith. Hughes got Buffalo s second tally in the third period when he appeared to redirect the puck in with his skate at 15 01. Referee Dave Newell allowed the goal. Hunter got a Power play goal 24 seconds ring Roundup later to close out the scoring. In other nil games Friday Maple Leafs 7, red wings 3 Detroit Walt Poddubny recalled less than a month ago from the minor leagues scored three goals to Lead Toronto Over Detroit the red wings ninth consecutive defeat. The Victory stretched the fourth place Maple Leafs Lead to 15 Points Over the red wings in the Norris division. After Rookie Steve Thomas collected his 18th goal with 6 49 remaining in the second period to snap a 3-3 tie Poddubny a 28 goal scorer for Toronto in 1982-83, put the finishing touches on the Victory with two goals less than three minutes apart in the third period. Since his recall from St. Catherines of the american hockey league on Jan. 29, Poddubny has eight goals and 15 assists in 18 games. Tom Fergus capitalized on a Detroit mis take for his 26th goal 42 seconds into the Middle period to snap a 2-2 tie. Detroit net minder Greg Stefan roamed behind his net chasing a Loose puck but Thomas beat him to it and Slid a pass to Fergus who poked the puck into the unguarded net. The red wings answered 2 10 later when Gerard Gallant beat Toronto goal tender Don Edwards with a 35-foot snapshot from the top of the face off Circle for his 16th goal. John Ogrodnick sandwiched his 33rd and 34th goals of the season around Marian Stastny s 21st and Poddubny s Power play Marker to Send the teams off tied 2-2 after the opening period. Stastny added his Sec Ond goal of the night with 37 seconds remaining in the game. Save for Sevigny a photo Quebec goalie Richard Sevigny goes to Bis Knees Friday night to Block a close in shot by Buffalo s Dave Andreychuk 25. Alain Cote 19 and Cord Donnelly 34 of the Nordques and Jody Gage of the sabres also were packed in front of the crease. Quebec won the National hockey league contest 6-2. Islanders 6, jets 3 Winnipeg Manitoba Denis Potvin scored two goals and set up another and Billy Smith provided standout goal ending to spark new York Over Winnipeg. The islanders struggling since the All Star break As Pittsburgh has threatened their third place status in the Patrick Divi Sion jumped to a 3-0 first period Lead. Bob Bourne Potvin and Rookie Bob Bas sen produced the three goal Lead As new York took advantage of Winnipeg s Sloppy defensive play and suspect goal ending by Marc Behrend. They then Rode Smith s goal ending to withstand a fierce Winnipeg comeback attempt. In the second period Smith made several key saves As the islanders were out shot 18-12. Canucks 3, flyers 1 Vancouver British Columbia Steve Tambellini scored twice and Stan Smyl added a goal and two assists As Van Couver broke a nine game wingless Streak by beating Philadelphia. Suit claims action taken without collective bargaining nil supplemental draft of Usel players challenged Washington a an attorney for offensive lineman Gary Zimmerman told a Federal judge Friday that the nation Al football league and its Union illegally agreed to hold a supplemental draft of United states football league players in 1984. James j. Kiles ii the attorney said the draft of Usel players was permitted with out having been the result of arms length collective bargaining which the Union rules Call for. Kiles told . District judge Barrington d. Parker that the nil players association agreed to the supplemental draft in order to obtain a 1984 49-Man roster which was the league limit in 1982 and 1983 to receive copies of signed contracts quickly which was part of the collective bargaining agreement and to help the own ers receive a tax break from the internal Revenue service on their pension plan pay ments. There was no traditional collective bar gaining Kyles said. The league dictated this  he said the nil drafted 84 Usel play ers in 1984 and Gene Upshaw Union executive director does t care about them. Upshaw has never talked to any of them to find out How they feel about the supplemental  John h. Schafer nil attorney and Jos Peh a. Yablonski Union counsel denied that they acted illegally to create the supplemental draft. There was arms length bargaining Schafer said. This was not a sweetheart Deal. The terms weren t dictated by the owners. There were discussions Between the nil management Council and the players  Schafer and Yablonski said the nil owners had planned to Cut the roster limit to 45 players in 1984 and unilaterally had stopped sending copies of the contracts to the Union because of a fear of leaks to the press and to Usel teams. The association was quite concerned about a loss of four jobs on each of the 28 teams or 112 league wide Yablonski said. As for the contracts the owners were sup posed to Send them to the Union but they weren t doing it and that was important to the players to know what others Are Mak ing. The Only recourse the association had was to file a grievance and that would have taken two or three years to resolve. It s much better to get the other Guy to do it on his  Zimmerman signed a series of four one year contracts with the Usel s los an Geles express in 1984, providing for a $350,000 signing Bonus an annuity paying $50,000 per year commencing in 1990 and salaries of $150,000, $200,000, $275,000 and $300,000 for the years 1984 through 1987. Zimmerman who was selected by the nil s new York giants in the supplemental draft does t have a team currently be cause the express disbanded. However Kyles said Zimmerman s contract is league wide and guaranteed. He also said Zimmerman May play this year with the Usel Memphis showboat which Are trying to get  Schafer told Parker in answer to the judge s question that he thought Zimmer Man was advised to file the lawsuit because he would have had a shot at becoming a free agent and would be Able to negotiate with All 28  he said the giants in 1984, offered Zim Merman a contract comparable to that of Heisman trophy Winner Mike Rozier $1.3 million for five years but he rejected it. Kiles said Rozier also was taken in the supplemental draft. Had he been a free agent the attorney said he might have been Able to obtain a contract More like that of Warren Moon who received approximately $3 million Over five years. Kiles acknowledged that Zimmerman filed the lawsuit so he could bargain with All 28 teams and several Are in cities where he would have liked to play. And he would have been Able to command two or three times what he was offered by the  judge Parker took the Case under advise ment. Bears hire Levra for defensive line Chicago a the Chicago bears have hired John Levra As a defensive line coach to replace Dale Haupt team official said. Levra 48, has coached running backs forthe new Orleans saints from 1981-85, and was offensive coordinator during the final four games of last season under departed coach Wade Phillips. Prior to working for the saints lev rawas the defensive line coach for the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian football league from 1980-81, bears officials said. Before that he was the offensive coordinator at North Texas state. Haupt left the bears to join new coach buddy Ryan at Philadelphia